[GRASS-windows] Re: WinGRASS not deleting temp ppm files from map display

[Isaac Ullah]

I just looked through ALL my mapsets, and I have some other mapsets that
also have many ppm files in them (several hunderd Megabites worth). These
are mapsets that I heve not used since switching to RC4 (I was using RC3),
so it no longer seems to me to be a new poblem with RC4. I DO remember that
I let my laptop hibernate while keeping GRASS open while using these other
mapsets as well. At the moment, that seems to me to be the most likely
culprit. I wonder if this only happen on Windows?

Cheers,

Isaac

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Isaac Ullah <isaac.ullah at asu.edu> wrote:

> Before I submitted this as abug, I wanted to run it past the list first.
> I've been doing  lot of zooming, panning, etc. with WinGRASS map display
> lately, and I just noticed that my remaining 5gigs of free disk space had
> been eaten up in the last few days. I haven't downloaded anything, and have
> mainly just been woring in grass. I checked the size of the mapsets I've
> been working in and I discovered that the main one is 4.5 gig! It only has a
> few maps in it, so I checked the size of cell, and it is small. I check all
> the other folders and they were all small except for ".tmp" which was more
> than 4Gigs! When I looked inside, I noticed that ALL the ppm files from the
> map display from the last three days were still in there! I checked other
> mapsets that I have used in that time frame, and all of them have ppm files
> in them. mapsets I have not used have empty .tmp folders. Three days ago is
> when I installed RC4 binaries. Is this an issue with RC4 for anyone else? Is
> it a Windows thing? I'm using XP, on a laptop. I HAVE gone into hibernation
> with GRASS still up. Does dong so cause GRASS to "forget" the current PID,
> and therefore not be able to find the old ppm files to flush? Or is this
> just a bug in RC4?
>
> Here are contents of the .tmp directory by ls command from MYSYS shell:
>
> iullah at BENGAL1 ~/My Documents/GIS
> DataBase/Palestine_Grid_1923/PERMANENT/.tmp
> $ ls
> 1240.0.pgm 2796.3.pgm 3672.1.pgm 3696.18.pgm 3696.8.pgm 4328.0
> 1240.0.ppm 2796.3.ppm 3672.1.ppm 3696.18.ppm 3696.8.ppm 4328.1
> 1376.0.pgm 2796.4.pgm 3696.0.pgm 3696.19.pgm 3696.9.pgm 4372.0.pgm
> 1376.0.ppm 2796.4.ppm 3696.0.ppm 3696.19.ppm 3696.9.ppm 4372.0.ppm
> 1376.1.pgm 3208.0.pgm 3696.1.pgm 3696.2.pgm 3756.0 460.0.pgm
> 1376.1.ppm 3208.0.ppm 3696.1.ppm 3696.2.ppm 3836.0.pgm 460.0.ppm
> 1396.0 3284.dbf 3696.10.pgm 3696.20.pgm 3836.0.ppm 484.0.pgm
> 1644.0.pgm 3288.0 3696.10.ppm 3696.20.ppm 3836.1.pgm 484.0.ppm
> 1644.0.ppm 3316.0 3696.11.pgm 3696.21.pgm 3836.1.ppm 5108.0
> 2128.0.pgm 3380.0 3696.11.ppm 3696.21.ppm 3880.0.pgm 5452.0
> 2128.0.ppm 3380.1 3696.12.pgm 3696.22.pgm 3880.0.ppm 5452.1
> 2244.0.pgm 3380.2 3696.12.ppm 3696.22.ppm 3900.0.pgm 5452.2
> 2244.0.ppm 3464.0.pgm 3696.13.pgm 3696.3.pgm 3900.0.ppm 5452.3
> 2480.0 3464.0.ppm 3696.13.ppm 3696.3.ppm 3932.0.pgm 5452.4
> 2548.0.pgm 3480.0.pgm 3696.14.pgm 3696.4.pgm 3932.0.ppm 6104.0
> 2548.0.ppm 3480.0.ppm 3696.14.ppm 3696.4.ppm 4012.0.pgm 672.0.pgm
> 2796.0.pgm 3596.0.pgm 3696.15.pgm 3696.5.pgm 4012.0.ppm 672.0.ppm
> 2796.0.ppm 3596.0.ppm 3696.15.ppm 3696.5.ppm 4052.0 672.1.pgm
> 2796.1.pgm 3656.0 3696.16.pgm 3696.6.pgm 4104.0.pgm 672.1.ppm
> 2796.1.ppm 3656.1 3696.16.ppm 3696.6.ppm 4104.0.ppm
> 2796.2.pgm 3672.0.pgm 3696.17.pgm 3696.7.pgm 4236.0.pgm
> 2796.2.ppm 3672.0.ppm 3696.17.ppm 3696.7.ppm 4236.0.ppm
>
>
>
> --
>
> Isaac I Ullah, M.A.
>
> Archaeology PhD Student,
> ASU School of Evolution and Social Change
>
> Research Assistant,
> Mediterranean Landscape Dynamics Project
> ***************************************************
> isaac.ullah at asu.edu
> ullah at archaeologist.com
>
> http://www.public.asu.edu/~iullah
> ***************************************************
>



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Isaac I Ullah, M.A.

Archaeology PhD Student,
ASU School of Evolution and Social Change

Research Assistant,
Mediterranean Landscape Dynamics Project
***************************************************
isaac.ullah at asu.edu
ullah at archaeologist.com

http://www.public.asu.edu/~iullah
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